the gub to recall race. >> as raw might expect he's endorsing if low democrats martin o'malley but will the president's new radio add and a stop in the state hurt or help. carrie has o tonight's 2010 report. >> the ad urges people to support governor o'malley. maryland voters like to make-up their own behinds. >> i've seen martin work and i know this governor has made the tough decisions to put education, safety and job creation first so stand with me. barack obama with moving my friend maryland o'malley forward. >> radioed a released on tuesday. how much weight does his approval carry when an economy is sagging his popularity. professor at john hopkins

believes the add is claimed to reach out to block voters that he believes is receptive to the president. >> it's dangerous to assume that he tells them to vote they will. they're seeing unemployment and the material circumstances are not as good as they were four or five years ago. >> that's point republican challenge is hammering in t.v. adds. new he promises to deliver more jobs and lower taxes and fix the butt honestly. he says turn-out will be crucial especially for o'malley. >> the con stitch juan sis are the hardest hit by the economy and their probably the most likely to just sit this one out. >> as three out of four voters did in decembers primary that had a historic low 24%. the governor hopes the president's appeal will help get

more vote toers poles in november. >> i'm grateful and i hope we'll see him in maryland. >> 11 news has confirmed the president will make a stop on his behalf next week. reporting live i'm carrie cavanaugh. >> frustrating and fired up over republicans energy and his own parties lack of enthusiasm president obama larked out and said voters are upset with change promiseed 2008 but that shouldn't keep them from the poles come november second. he told wisconsin democrats that's how republicans will take the country back to policies that led to the nation's economic crisis. >> we cannot sit this one out. we can't let this country fall backwards because the rest of us didn't care enough to fight. the stakes are too high for our country and for your grewture and i'm going to get out there and fight as hard as i can and i know you are too to make sure we keep moving forward.

>> the president's campaign trip will cover four states. and president checked on former president jimmy carter fly being from new mexico to wes con son. carter fell ill. the 39th president said hit was just an upset stomach and is said to be resting comfortable tonight. carter is expected to resume this tour this week. >> baltimore city police department is mourning the lost of one of it's own. single vehicle accident took the life yesterday. he was on his way to a training program at ten penn state. back in november we teamed one the state department of education in an effort to save lives. 3-d as in don't drive distracted. >> later this week. maryland will ban drivers from

talk on hand held cell-phones. it's putting an end to disstackedtive driving. rob has more on what's being done ahead of this new law. >> this best buy. hoping marylanders get ready for the hands free cell-phone law. >> raising awareness. there's a lot of people here and hopefully we can get the message out to promote safe driving and that's it's important to be aware and mott be talking on the phone and doing things that can take your eyes off the road. >> at thei-95 welcome center state officials were here to get the word out about the new hands free cell-phone law. >> every driver on maryland road will have to put down the phone and just drive. we want to make sure that our cars and our trucks are no phone zones. >> the people that know how dangerous distracted driving can be are police officers.

>> it's a necessary law we have to do something with the distracted driving out there. anything we with do to make it safeer is a big plus. >> cell-phones and hand held texting devices add to distractions and we see more and more of it causing serious crashes, fatalities and those sorts of things. >> and while people have to have a hands free device to talk on the cell-phone, triple a says, whether your holding the phone or the conversation. the risk of you being involved in a crash quadruples so we don't want people driving a cross the state thinking just because your now required to use a blue tooth that you don't need to pay attention to driving. >> wbal 11 news>> and head to our website. where you can find a wealth of information on the different hand freeze devices and you

could help save a life. while your there. read about the 3-d pledge and to sign it there's length at the of the to home page. baltimore city police say they're questioning two people in the double shooting earlier tonight. happened around 7:30 in the 37th block of east press ston street. both were taken to the hospital ander ins though word what led to the gunfire. >> baltimore county police are investigating a suspicious death. the body of an unidentified hispanic man was found late last night and it's unclear if the victim lives in the area. neighbors say a lot of people cut there to get to section eight housing. >> it's really scary. this neighborhood we get a lot of transient traffic through here and now it's really having us thinking. >> the victim was beat with a

bat by a group of people but the police are not going in details of the investigation. they're trying find the person that stabed a woman to death this morning. the woman was find on mccain avenue shortly after seven this morning. know word yet on a possible motive. >> now to a heartwarming story about a little girl save i'd a quick thinking, local cop. >> a police officer was the first responder when a 4-year-old girl stopped breathing. kyle read has the story. >> anne arundel police officer got the call this morning. >> i just happened to be right around the corner able to respond quickly. >> he found a frantic father and a 4-year-old girl unresponsive not breathing with her face blue. >> i cleared her airway and began administer cpr. throughout the process she

attempted to breathe and kept gags and gasping and we continues for several minutes until at least she got a breath of air. >> seconds late another ambulance pulled up and for the first time since he arrived, he relaxed. >> at that moment i realized it was going to be okay it was like a weight lifted off. >> a crowd of neighbors gathered as the little girl was rushed to the hospital. >> that's great. he's the best. see i'm just like, but you know i'm glad he was there to help. >> says the girl has been sick with arrest spir or the illness and calls him a hero. he wants it to be a valuable lesson that knowing cpr can save a life. >> anyone can receive training and they don't have to use it, thoughts great but those one moments when it's needs, if you're the only one that has it it's better than nobody but in

situations like this, i'm a father and couldn't help go home and my doubter is about the same age and i had to pick her up and hug her. she had no idea why. new the the 981 operator tried to instruct the father and the little girl is now in stable condition. the anne arundel police officers receive cpr training on a regular basis. reporting live from anne arundel. t.v. 121 news>> alleged gang bang ler spend life behind bars without parole ordered by a judge that says he hopes he never takes a free air of breath again. according to prosecutors. rollings believed parrish was a homosexual and did not approve of that orientation in the gang thinking it would make them look weak today the victims mother spoke out in court. >> i had to speak from him. justice for him.

that's what concern. he can can't speak for himself. he's gone and i have to make sure that they were held accountable. >> roll ins is serving five years in prison for armed robbery sentence. that will begin after. the prosecution rests in the murder trial of former baltimore city council man. ken harris. prosecutors dropped a pre meditated murder charge but they say will still push murder charges to the jury. closing arguments could begin as early as thursday. >> a century old building has been auctioned off after fouling on hard times the congress hotel reportedly fetched 2.3 million dollars. turned into prt meants in 2000 and the owner defaulted on the mortgage. it hosted celebrities like bob hope and the marks brothers.

find out why after the break why you're not alone if your families income dipped. >> just in time for the holidays shopping season the sneak peek at the hottest toys of 2010. could the taliban grow tired of the war in after market. one official says reconciliation may not be too far-fetched. >> working women have children, they know it will change their lives but they're stunned how much it changes the paychecks. >> the disparity between the paychecks of men and those of working moms. >> tropical depression south of cuba could make it's way on thursday bringing potential for heavy rain. we'll check that out. right now with clouds in the area. 66 and

>> developing story now. we expect to hear detail of what's called landmark proposal

between the baltimore school system and teachers tomorrow morn. specifics have been kept under wraps but city teachers are expecting a pay raise for the first time in more than a year. it's not certain if that's tied to teacher performance. the stated regulation last year tying teacher evaluations to student performance. we'll have more for this tomorrow. >> according to a top nato official in afghanistan there's appears to be indications that key leaders of the taliban are tire to have had war and would be interested a reconciliation with the government. the officials would not have identified those interested the reconciliation. he point the out it would not happen overnight and cautioned not to make too much of this as this video was released showing marines taking heavy fire from insurgents positioned all around

them. this fire fight did not result in any u.s. casualties. commander says the terrorist master behind, osama bin laden is alive and very much directing al qaida. he says he's never seen him but knows he's alive and he knows they're hiding northwest somewhere of pakistan. ravens line backer join cheerleaders and folks of under armor fill backs with touches of home for s troops offer sees >> thank you and we appreciate everything you do and the dead kakts to our country. >> all part of the freedom initiative where a portion of proceeds go to the wounded warrior initiative. >> in tonight's project economy report if your families income has dropped a bit your far from

alone. according to the census released to day. immediate your income dropped nearly 3% so just over $50,000. the second straight year with a drop. but if raw live in the nine local areas that made forbes list of the nation's five hundred most expensive incomes the dip doesn't likely hurt you too much. five howard county zip codes made it. five in anne arundel and the most expensive in the state was 23 in the country. montgomery has the most in the state to see the entire list head to our website at wbaltv.com and click on project economy. >> there's a new sti study cal a new study the mom bomb. women managers with children earn just 79 cents for every

child compared to men. there's a reason behind the pay scale and it's not discrimination. >> it nose at mom bomb it's a preference for more flexible schedule and women want them but they come with lower levels of pay. >> women managers without children are still making less. 83 cents for every dollar of the male counter part and they also found the education gap betweens the sexes is narrowing. >> don't miss label your products thats the word the fda is send together three manufacturers with regard to mouth washes. johnson & johnson. cvs and wal-greens all placed labels claiming the product helps prevent gum disease or removes plaque an above the gum line but sodium flour ride can only prevent cavities and they must fix the labeling. the annual list of hot toys is now out.

time to play mag.com released the list. paper jam as cardboard guitar with sen sores beneath the surface. many manufacturers are lowing prices and expect to find many toys below 50 bucks to check out this year's list head to our website and in this case, be sure to click on consumer alert. >> now your 11 in is a we therefore cast. >> over an inch of rain officially in baltimore over the past two days. some showers lingerd to the morning before the skies were able to clear up. we did end up with a few hundreds of an inch in the rain gauge after the morning hours and that allowed the temperature to chime in the low 80's. warmer than normal september day. 81 officially at marshall and that's 7 above the normal 74 degrees. still relatively mild this hour

uptown charlie on 95. upper 68's to around 70. and temperatures in the 60's there. low 60's above carol county. petersburg. west virginia all back in the 50's. some cool air trying work it's way to the central part of the state and the northern and western should get into the foolish air but there will be clouds around in the morning and wide range from 55 up northwest and 65 around baltimore at the inner harbor and points on the to eastern shore and a mix of clouds and sun to start the day. this storm brought us lightest batch of rain. much needed rain, and the front is trying move off the coast but down to the south you see the front is stalling out and there's a tropical system south of cuba that will ride up that funnel and bring perhaps rain now here in the mid-atlantic region. a lot of showers up to key west and almost to miami.

good activity across the florida coast. think this is all associated with the tropical storm. there's a bunch of tropical moisture and see circulation up in here where low pressure is trying to form. hurricane center thinks this depression with wind office 35 miles an hour will get stronger if the sustained winds reach 40 which looks to happen, it'll become tropical storm nicole and looks to come up the coast and make land foul in north carolina and get to the virginia border by thursday evening. weak tropical storm and a bunch of moisture and maybe higher than normal tieds as it approaches and very heavy rain and as on the east side likely to get severe thunderstorm. it could be rough around here thursday depending on whether or not it develops and the track it takes you. can see the heavy rain by norfolk. by 11:00 tomorrow evening with

the showers puring up, the rain gets heavy on thursday. potential for a few inches of rain along the path of the storm before it clears out and move as way for friday and the upcoming weekend. watch the computer forecast for the amount of rain we expect over the next couple of days. the red and orange stride shaded areas, you start to get in the three to five inch rainfall possibilities as storm is passing by and can be accompanied by severe thunderstorms. as nicole tries to form and come our way, increasing clouds tomorrow. most of the day dry you theres is a chance for showers tomorrow evening. winds will be light but we have to watch nicole to impact the weather wednesday to thursday. 7-day-forecast. another batch of rain maybe heavy and severe f thunderstorm. possible. highs in the 60 and lows in the

40's. >> in order to stay head and shoulders above they will have to focus on the player with for shampoo sales. we'll explain next in sports. tax on everything you buy?

that's in andy harris' unfair tax plan. 23% sales tax. a 23% sales tax will cut my business in half. would be devastating. andy harris' 23% sales tax absolutely makes no sense. 23% sales tax would really make things unaffordable. that's too high for the average american out here. i don't know how we would manage it really. don't like that idea. we can't afford andy harris' idea. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. four years ago, bob ehrlich got fired as governor of maryland. for good reason. first, he protected tax loopholes for giant cable cable companies. then, he let utilities jack up our rates 72%. and for the last four years, he worked as a hired gun for big corporations, even a bank that took billions from a taxpayer funded bailout. ehrlich sides with corporate executives again and again and again tell bob ehrlich big banks and billionares don't need help.

middle class marylanders do. >> now. 1 is sports with jerry. >> ravens coach is constructing a game plan for sundays game in pittsburgh. you can expect tension on the guy off the head and shoulders commercial. he faces his biggest challenge of the year against the steelers see con care led by troy.

one and four record against pittsburgh for the first time. in his weaponry. and evolves around the steelers always tough on the own defense and throwing gets tough when fallmoli is around. he's that good. you don't want to throw the ball in his direction come sunday. >> troy kind of makes a big difference back there. he's not exactly sure what he's being out the but has a great knack to th change things up an they play differently when he's back to playing safety. we look and try and if i figure out as best we can, where he's going to be but we're probably going to be wrong plenty of times >> hear more on the john show mitt need on wbal plus. 11p 2 over the air.

460 on verizon guy oscar robinson. double that win total before the first week of october. three and one have made the most of a favorable early season schedule. will dive into the schedule. against duke. far bigger concerns than watch when it comes to getting ready for duke. he knows after last year it means winning games people expect you to win. like the one saturday they'll play at home. >> where we're going to grow enough to answer all of those challenges. right now this is the acc and we want to accomplish some foals and we have to win all these games and we have to be definitely focused this week and hopefully take a step forward to become a better football team. >> he believes the orioles will have their own champagne days. tamara clinches a spot with a five nothing win over the o's. not much drama for the birds in

this one. fourth inning. carlos at the paint. solo home-run. rays in front. 3-0 and they would cruise from there. one inning later it's bench. test the strength of the stitching on the pal on that hit. rips the solo shot and that has the celebration all cued up a waiting the final out and here is the. da a come jones couldn't check it in time. joe madden and they clench a trip for the second time in three years shouting out the orioles in saint pete. the filly that turned everyone's head. rachel alexandra has run her last race. the famous wine maker and owner has decided to retire her as a 3-year-old rachel alexandra won all eight starts beating the boys three times and this year, she won only two of the five

starts and he said, she owes us nothing and he plans to mate her with two time horse of the year, curling to this in a few years we'll see another curl iing or rachel alexandra horse at the freak next. >> okay. toms up next to look at the

old gibbs canning company.

today these factories are full of dot com businesses. and now my job is helping maryland create new economy jobs. training new math and science teachers investing in our institutions of excellence pioneering new cyber security jobs and giving an old gm plant a jump start building electric motors. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message so you'll know i'm fighting for you. bob ehrlich's real record on energy. lobbyists helped write utility regulations. we got stuck with a 72% rate hike. but martin o'malley got tough on bge, forcing them to pay back $2 billion to consumers. and what's bob ehrlich been doing the past four years? he got paid $2.5 million at a lobbying firm, a firm representing special interests and casinos right here in maryland. that's bob ehrlich-- a 72% increase for us and $2.5 million from special interests for himself. nice work, bob.

>> what could become tropical storm nicole should approach tomorrow night and the rain gets heavy with poe opponentle with the tropical system. beats out in time for the weekend looking nice. highs in the 60's and even clilier on monday. from tropics to fall. >> that rape in west maryland would be. >> anywhere from two to five inches of rain. >> it is. >> tonight show with jay leno coming up next. we'll see you tomorrow. we'll see you tomorrow. goodnight

bob ehrlich pretends to be for the working guy... but he's not on our side. i thought i knew bob ehrlich, but then i found out... he raised property taxes on every maryland family... and business. he increased college tuition... by 40%. 40%. and i thought i knew bob ehrlich. he was against raising the minimum wage. made $2.5 million... working for a lobbying firm. $2.5 million? he's not really on my side. with this tough economy, we really need a governor on our side.